Alleged freeway gunman waives preliminary examination, will head to trial

A man who is accused of shooting at residents in four counties in October recently waived a preliminary exam hearing in a grouped case against him in Livingston County's 53rd District Court, and will be headed to trial. Raulie Wayne Casteel, of Wixom, is set for pretrial in Livingston County Circuit Court on April 12 in front of Chief Judge David Reader. This marks the next step in the court process for Casteel, who's charged with one count of terrorism -- along with several felony weapons charges -- in a bundled case led by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's office. In Oakland County, lawyers from Prosecutor Jessica Cooper's office will see Casteel in Judge Denise Langford Morris' courtroom April 4 for a pretrial. He's charged with 60 counts tied to nine shooting incidents in Wixom and Commerce Township.

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Garden City man arrested for drunk driving, drug possession

A Garden City man was arrested Monday after making an illegal turn and swerving along Rochester and Bishop roads, according to a release from the Troy Police Department. The patrol officer who stopped the 32-year-old said he found marijuana and drug items in the man's car. He was arrested for drunken driving and for being in possession of the drugs and paraphernalia after he also failed sobriety tests.